International Crisp Festival brings 70 flavours to Huddersfield

The Sportsman Inn stopped serving food after the Covid lockdowns because it was “difficult to make any margin on”.

But Mr Fletcher said the event proved there was still a place for beer-led venues.

“There’s still a good market for fun events and having a nice time in the pub with a couple of pints and a bag of crisps.”

Mr Fletcher said, although he hadn’t tried them all – “but I’ve eaten more crisps than I would like to admit over the last week” – his favourite was the Golden Wonder chip shop curry flavour.

“The secret to a really good crisp is that the base crisp has got to be good, it’s got to be a nice crispy crisp, not too greasy, and then the flavours have to be pronounced.”

“We’ve got some kimchi flavours that are really interesting.

“But of the British flavours, the Kent crisps – the oyster and vinegar flavour – they were probably the most unusual.”

While he’s scoured the internet for some of the odder flavours, neighbouring businesses have also been getting in on the festivities.

“Huddersfield is a small town but it’s a nice place to have a business because people are close,” said Mr Fletcher.

“There’s a middle eastern supermarket over the road and they were really helpful with the Iranian crisps and the local Polish supermarket were able to source us some really interesting crisps.”